Figure 5

Role of endogenous Gal-1 in regulating villi length. (a) Haematoxylin-eosin staining of intestinal samples from wild-type (n=15) and Lgals1−/− (n=15) mice. *P<0.002. Ten sections per duodenum were analyzed. (b) Analysis of anti-BrdU-FITC and 7-AAD by flow cytometry of isolated intestinal epithelial cells obtained from wild type and Lgals1−/− mice